Downhill both ways: I had 15 channels growing up in the sixties. Of course lived in So. Cal, not that far from Hollywood. Plus we had great UHF reception.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Jun 03, 2011 11:43:31 am PDT #11172 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Calli - Jun 03, 2011 11:44:25 am PDT #11173 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
my mother has "but the old one still works" syndrome.
My dad had that syndrome. When I was a teenager, the knob to turn the TV on and off (remote? what's a remote?) broke, so Dad took a big screw, screwed it into the stump of the knob (I swear this wasn't dirty in my head when I started typing), and we used that to turn the TV on and off.
If There, I Fixed It had existed then (or, you know, the internet), Dad would have been a regular contributor.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 11:44:40 am PDT #11174 of 30001
Because books.
I remember UHF! Good times.
Ginger - Jun 03, 2011 11:45:04 am PDT #11175 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
We had four, count 'em, four channels: the three networks and WGN in Chicago.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 11:45:25 am PDT #11176 of 30001
Because books.
(I swear this wasn't dirty in my head when I started typing)
Mmm hmm.
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2011 11:46:09 am PDT #11177 of 30001
brillig
I had 15 channels growing up in the sixties.
I'm almost ashamed to say that my first thought was "They actually *had* that many channels back then?"
Theodosia - Jun 03, 2011 11:46:25 am PDT #11178 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
NJ of my youth had SEVEN VHF channels. UHF was not yet in use.
Kathy A - Jun 03, 2011 11:48:08 am PDT #11179 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Chicagoland tv in the 1970s/80s: Channels 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11 for the VHF stations, and 20, 32, 50, 60, and 66 for the UHF channels, not all of them available at all times. And Channel 60 was usually Spanish-speaking.
We had a B&W tv until I was around 7, and then got our first VCR when I was a sophomore in high school. Cable wasn't even available in my neighborhood until I was almost done with high school.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 11:48:24 am PDT #11180 of 30001
Because books.
Now I'm all nostalgic for the WPIX Yule log.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2011 11:49:43 am PDT #11181 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, there's a thing today's kids will never have to understand. Never mind VHS vs. betamax -- UHF vs. VHF.